I'd Rather Dance by Myself lyrics

Time goes on, I don't really care.

I do fine with nobody there 

to comfort me tonight.

Yes, I'm all right.

Friends worry, how can it be

I have no one sheltering me? 

They think I am afraid.

I disagree.

'Cause it's better to dance by myself

than to go round and round with just anyone.

I'm not waiting for somebody else

to take me away

'cause I'm finding the will to be strong,

waiting to see what's in front of me.

And if love should come along, 

I'll do it again.

But until then,

I'd rather dance by myself.

I see lovers out in the street.

Does that mean I'm not yet complete?

Everywhere I go, 

it's almost as though I'm crying alone in the dark

till I'm part of somebody's heart.

Don't shed a tear for me.

I disagree.

'Cause it's better to dance by myself

than to go round and round with just anyone.

I'm not waiting for somebody else

to take me away

'cause I'm finding the will to be strong,

waiting to see what's in front of me.

And if love should come along, 

I'll do it again.

But until then,

I'd rather dance by myself.  

Too many times I choose partners to dance with

when I should sit out a few songs.

I worry that destiny might keep me waiting too long

when all of the dancing is gone.

Don't shed a tear for me.

I disagree.

'Cause it's better to dance by myself

than to go round and round with just anyone.

I'm not waiting for somebody else

to take me away

'cause I'm finding the will to be strong,

waiting to see what's in front of me.

And if love should come along, 

I'll do it again.

But until then,

I'd rather dance by myself.  

I'd rather dance by myself.

I'd rather dance by myself.

• Artist:Joseph Williams
• Album:I Am Alive (1996)